Currie wins the Lites class while Atkins tops the Unlimited race
Mark Burkhart (pictured) claimed his fifth win of the AMA Supermoto
Series at the seventh stop on the championship schedule in Redmond,
Oregon, today, beating Troy Lee Design/Red Bull Honda’s Jeff Ward
by over nine seconds in the premiere-class final.
Burkhart put his Graves Motorsports Yamaha into the lead at the start
of the 14-lap race and slowly pulled away was Ward was left to deal
with the pressures of a hard-charging Troy Herfoss on the factory
KTM. Herfoss loss sight of Wardy, however, when the front-runners
encountered lappers during the late stages of the race, but held on to
claim his third podium finish of the season, behind Burkhart and Ward.
All Access Honda’s Micky Dymond was fourth with Steve Drew on a
Mach 1 Yamaha in fifth.
Burkhart, who is looking for his first Supermoto-class title, came into
the Redmond event tied with Ward in the series standings but left with
a three point advantage (158 to 155) with just three rounds remaining.
In the Unlimited class, series points leader Benny Carlson went down
on the opening lap of the final, leaving his Aprilia teammate Darryl
Atkins with the early lead. Atkins took full advantage the situation
and rode away to his first win of the year, while Husqvarna’s David
Baffeleuf and Husaberg mounted Robert Loire finished second and
third, respectively.
Redmond was not kind to the series points leader in the Lites division,
either, as David Pingree went down while leading on the opening lap
of the Lites final and got up holding his wrist. The Troy Lee Honda
backed rider was taken to a nearby hospital for x-rays. click on ozzy
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